Auburn was laid out along the rail line, and the town still carries that long, easy grain — old lots near the tracks, newer streets fanning out into red Piedmont clay. In April, when the pines dust everything yellow and the dogwoods open along the fencerows, Auburn Landscaping Pros is out mowing, edging and putting beds back in order for the season. Shrubs get shaped, borders get cut fresh into the clay, mulch goes down dark around the azaleas, and the concrete gets blown clean at the end. There is a particular satisfaction in the first well-kept yard on a street; it changes how the whole block reads. Through the growing months the visits hold the grass even and the beds honest, and in autumn the leaves come up and everything gets closed out for the cool weather. Homes and businesses around town and along the Barrow-Gwinnett line all get the same attention.